Coached by Nicole Pratt and Biljana Veselinovic ... Father's name is Alexey; mother's name is Natalia; younger brother is Stepan; has a pet dog (beagle) ... Introduced to tennis at age 6 by parents ... Favorite shot is forehand; favorite surface is hard ... Best tennis memory is winning Youth Olympics in Singapore and US Open juniors, and becoming World No.1 junior ... Graduated from high school in 2010... Likes sushi, cheese, ramen, and SpongeBob SquarePants ... Idols when growing up were the Williams sisters and Kim Clijsters... Switched nationality (and representation) from Russia to Australia in December 2015.

Career Highlights:

SINGLES

Winner (1): 2017 - New Haven.

Finalist (2): 2017 - Strasbourg; 2016 - Moscow.

DOUBLES

Winner (1): 2015 - Istanbul (w/Svitolina).

Finalist (1): 2016 - Moscow (w/Kasatkina).

ADDITIONAL

Australian Fed Cup Team, 2016; Australian Olympic Team, 2016.

Career in Review:

2015 - First Top 40 season (finishing No.36); SF at Rome (l. to Sharapova); QF twice at Eastbourne (withdrew prior to match vs. Stephens w/abdominal injury) and Hong Kong (l. to Jankovic); reached 4r once, 3r once and 2r seven times (incl. Roland Garros); fell 1r nine times (incl. other three majors) and in qualifying once; having started season ranked No.231, made Top 100 debut on March 23 (after Indian Wells; rose from No.106 to No.97) and Top 50 debut on May 18 (after Rome; rose from No.78 to No.45) and set career-high No.35 on October 5; won one WTA doubles title; also won two singles titles on ITF Circuit.

2014 - Missed first six months of year having torn ACL at end of 2013; reached 2r once; fell in qualifying twice (incl. US Open); won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2013 - Reached 2r twice (incl. Australian Open); fell 1r four times and in qualifying 12 times (incl. other three majors).

2012 - Reached 2r once; fell in qualifying six times; won one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2011 - Fell in WTA qualifying three times (incl. US Open); won one singles title on ITF Circuit.